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Post by acttwo on Jan 28, 2018 0:00:57 GMT -5
Am I the only person in America who doesn't have a Costco membership?
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Post by SPN Lifer on Jan 28, 2018 0:10:11 GMT -5
I gave mine up three years ago.
Now I have a cell phone note listing prices for food I buy at Target, Walmart, and two chain grocers.
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Post by rhd on Jan 28, 2018 10:36:37 GMT -5
Am I the only person in America who doesn't have a Costco membership? I'm sorry. I can no longer speak to you. |
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Post by gary on Jan 28, 2018 12:05:53 GMT -5
Am I the only person in America who doesn't have a Costco membership? The only one who hasn’t yet been sent to one of the camps. |
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Post by Pixie on Jan 28, 2018 12:48:14 GMT -5
She really should be sent to one of the camps, preferably one with no public transportation.
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Post by SPN Lifer on Jan 28, 2018 17:55:07 GMT -5
Camptown ladies sing this song. Always read the Daily Racing Form. For each horse, look at its last three races on Fast Tracks, first two points of call. Never bet on Wet or Sloppy Tracks.
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Post by SPN Lifer on Jan 28, 2018 21:46:40 GMT -5
The smaller one's household size, the less financial sense it makes.
It is a pretty simple calculation, given the cost of membership versus the percentage of the annual rebate, that does not pencil out for everyone.
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Post by JudgeKnot on Jan 29, 2018 7:54:42 GMT -5
We've had a Sam's Club membership for close to 30 years. We recently signed up at Costco, and we're trying to figure out which makes the most sense, or if it might make sense to keep both. My inclination at this point is to stick with Sam's, partly because it's located between the home and the office. We're just a family of two now. Our rebate through Sam's (business membership) more than pays for itself. Prices are pretty similar between the two. Yesterday I filled up the car at Costco, and gas was $0.10 per gallon cheaper than the other stations in the area. Sam's gas was priced the same as Costco.
My cousin has had a Costco membership for several years, and he told me that the rebate he gets each year more than pays for his family's membership. They still have a couple of kids at home.
I think it would be hard to justify a membership at either warehouse if you're a household of one, without a car.
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Post by harp on Jan 29, 2018 8:43:12 GMT -5
Am I the only person in America who doesn't have a Costco membership? No, but what's stopping you? Unless you live in one of the parts of the country that lacks Costco. And, yes, I may or may not have considered the proximity of a Costco as a factor in which cities I put on my GAL. As one should.
What is not to love about Costco?
Non-bulk things we have purchased in the last few years: glasses, a mattress, a television, a laptop, two iPads, tires, glass food storage containers, sheets, a Sodastream. Considering our household probably goes through about 1,500 eggs per year, that box of 5 dozen eggs is clutch. Add in the deals we get on booze, cheese, and lotion (I HAVE DRY SKIN, OK?), and you have to ask yourself - if you don't have a Costco membership, are you really living or just existing?
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Post by greendog on Jan 29, 2018 9:32:00 GMT -5
No Costco membership but there is no Costco around here. We do have a Sam's Club membership and have used it plenty. We like chicken and last week purchased a pack of 4 rotisserie chicken breasts for less than $4. We made chicken/bacon flatbreads, chicken and dumplins, and chicken nachos.
Also buy bulk paper towels and TP, and picnic supplies. Salads too are often cheap.
We also have Aldi now which is great for spaghetti sauce, bottled water, milk, and some frozen items.
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Post by Pixie on Jan 29, 2018 9:50:06 GMT -5
Am I the only person in America who doesn't have a Costco membership? There are five in Chicago within an easy cab drive from your apartment. Be brave. Go for it. |
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Post by acttwo on Jan 29, 2018 10:15:59 GMT -5
Ok, ok, but I am a notorious "stocker-upper" and have the least storage space in the world. I don't dare do Costco, lest I drown in 10 year supplies of fish oil capsules, extra strength hand cream, paper towels, and blonde eyebrow pencils. Plus, those Costco pies are outright dangerous! I have a work mandated "bioassessment" coming up and I got to get/keep my girlish figure!
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Post by denise on Jan 29, 2018 10:17:14 GMT -5
We've had a Sam's Club membership for close to 30 years. We recently signed up at Costco, and we're trying to figure out which makes the most sense, or if it might make sense to keep both. My inclination at this point is to stick with Sam's, partly because it's located between the home and the office. We're just a family of two now. Our rebate through Sam's (business membership) more than pays for itself. Prices are pretty similar between the two. Yesterday I filled up the car at Costco, and gas was $0.10 per gallon cheaper than the other stations in the area. Sam's gas was priced the same as Costco. My cousin has had a Costco membership for several years, and he told me that the rebate he gets each year more than pays for his family's membership. They still have a couple of kids at home. I think it would be hard to justify a membership at either warehouse if you're a household of one, without a car. We are a family of two and we have both. Hubby does all of the grocery shopping and uses Sam's Club for that and his gas. I rent cars and get gas with the Costco membership. One good rental a year and it's completely worth the cost of the membership. |
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Post by acttwo on Jan 29, 2018 10:18:08 GMT -5
No, but what's stopping you? Unless you live in one of the parts of the country that lacks Costco. And, yes, I may or may not have considered the proximity of a Costco as a factor in which cities I put on my GAL. As one should.
What is not to love about Costco?
Non-bulk things we have purchased in the last few years: glasses, a mattress, a television, a laptop, two iPads, tires, glass food storage containers, sheets, a Sodastream. Considering our household probably goes through about 1,500 eggs per year, that box of 5 dozen eggs is clutch. Add in the deals we get on booze, cheese, and lotion (I HAVE DRY SKIN, OK?), and you have to ask yourself - if you don't have a Costco membership, are you really living or just existing?
Glasses? As in eyeglasses [as opposed to drinking vessels]? I have an eye doctor appointment this afternoon and depending on the news, that might be very tempting... |
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Post by acttwo on Jan 29, 2018 10:24:42 GMT -5
And I am in the top 1% of savers at CVS: great deals on paper towels, TP, cereal and they give Bonus Bucks! But when I was there yesterday, they seem to have stopped carrying my make up, so this may be a deal breaker...
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Post by JudgeKnot on Jan 29, 2018 10:25:14 GMT -5
denise that is good to know about the car rental. I've started using rentals when we are taking driving trips. It keeps the mileage off our cars, which are older, and I like the security of having a late-model care that is unlikely to have a mechanical failure on the road.
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Post by harp on Jan 29, 2018 10:28:37 GMT -5
As one should.
What is not to love about Costco?
Non-bulk things we have purchased in the last few years: glasses, a mattress, a television, a laptop, two iPads, tires, glass food storage containers, sheets, a Sodastream. Considering our household probably goes through about 1,500 eggs per year, that box of 5 dozen eggs is clutch. Add in the deals we get on booze, cheese, and lotion (I HAVE DRY SKIN, OK?), and you have to ask yourself - if you don't have a Costco membership, are you really living or just existing?
Glasses? As in eyeglasses [as opposed to drinking vessels]? I have an eye doctor appointment this afternoon and depending on the news, that might be very tempting... Yes! We buy all our glasses from there. My current frames, which I adore, are designer frames that would have probably been at least twice as expensive anywhere else. |
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Post by gary on Jan 29, 2018 10:37:38 GMT -5
And I am in the top 1% of savers at CVS: great deals on paper towels, TP, cereal and they give Bonus Bucks! But when I was there yesterday, they seem to have stopped carrying my make up, so this may be a deal breaker... Maybe you can get a palletful of the stuff at Costco. |
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Post by generalsherman on Jan 29, 2018 10:58:48 GMT -5
Costco is great, if you love the equivalent of the worst traffic jam but in shopping cart form, and waiting 20 minutes in line to pay. Getting a hundred slices of cheddar cheese for $5 is nice but that store made me so angry I stopped going.
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Post by stevil on Jan 29, 2018 11:23:00 GMT -5
We use both Costco and Sam's Club. In recent years, they have been increasing the amount of organic items they stock. We're big fans of organic chicken, grass-fed beef, and organic vegetables (OK, that's my wife). We also buy a ton of Smart Water (which doesn't work by the way), and everything else we normally got at other stores. Only drawback, is that no matter what we buy, by the time we check out it always seems we've spent $200.
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